People can underestimate you when you’re blonde and from Essex, but it’s easy to shut that down. I used to get dumb blonde jokes when I was 18, but when I replied that I was studying maths at Oxford, it usually shut them up. Rachel Riley Read Quote
There’s no such thing as a ‘maths brain.’ Anyone can be numerate; it’s just a matter of confidence. There are so many opportunities to improve your skills during everyday life, doing even a little a day can make maths feel more familiar and less scary. Rachel Riley Read Quote
I like American late-night shows, like Trevor Noah, John Oliver and Bill Maher – I’ve got them all on series link. Rachel Riley Read Quote
My parents encourage me to save, but I do buy the odd thing that I wouldn’t tell them about. Rachel Riley Read Quote
Very fitted dresses look much better on TV, even though in reality they might be so tight that I can barely move in them. Rachel Riley Read Quote
I’ve had inquiries for things like TV show ‘Splash,’ where people go out in front of the whole nation in a bikini. But I think bikinis are just for the beach. Rachel Riley Read Quote
I didn’t realise until I did CBT that I was a perfectionist. Whenever you do anything, there are always going to be things that go wrong, it’s never going to be 100 per cent perfect. Because of how I was, I’d focus on those bits and always see the negative in anything. Rachel Riley Read Quote
We go to the banya, the Russian spa. And you go into the sauna, which is really hot, much hotter than a normal sauna, and then they beat you with branches. Rachel Riley Read Quote
